Brazilians seek Chilean salmon know-how

A group of 20 fish farmers, university professors and technical analysts from Brazil visited Puerto Montt last week, as part of a mission to learn from Chile’s aquaculture sector.

Valeria Louise Da Silva, aquaculture project manager of the Brazilian micro and small business support service Sabrae Mato Grosso, said the delegation saw the Chilean salmon sector as a good example of both technologically astute fish production and value-added processing.

The delegation included fish farmers, academics and analysts

“Therefore, we wanted to bring Brazilian producers to know new alternatives that might allow them to develop their own businesses in a sustainable manner,” she explained.

Meanwhile, the president of the Association of Fish Farmers in Mato Grosso (Aquamat), Daniel Garcia de Carvalho, said this was an incredible opportunity to observe the cutting-edge of the country’s salmon sector.

“It was a great learning opportunity about these technologies that we can adapt or incorporate into our operations, to improve aquaculture in our country,” he said.

The itinerary included a visit to a salmon farm run by Salmones Austral

Itinerary

The tour was organised by Greetech Chile, a local firm established to capitalise on the growing interest in agro-tourism and the trend towards greater knowledge-transfer in the aquaculture sector.

The Health and Welfare of Atlantic Salmon course

It is vital that fish farm operatives who are responsible for farmed fish are trained in their health and
welfare. This will help to ensure that fish are free from disease and suffering whilst at the same time
promote good productivity and comply with legislation.